Diamonds in the Rough: RHP Cam Hill
Diamonds in the Rough has been a popular feature at Indians Baseball Insider that takes a look at prospect who haven’t quite cracked the Top 50 or the Cutting Room […]
This Day in Indians Minor League History – July 13
July 13, 2016 After Ken Babby bought the Akron Aeros, made majors changes to Canal Park and rebranded the team to the Akron RubberDucks, Canal Park played host the Eastern […]
This Day in Indians Minor League History – July 11
July 11, 2015 Just before the All-Star break, the Akron RubberDucks came home from a six game road trip to host the Reading Fightin Phils for a four game set […]
Throwing pennies and getting stronger pays off for Petey Halpin
A raging national pandemic took what statistically was the sport easiest to get drafted into among all US sports leagues, Major League Baseball, and turned its normal 40 round draft […]
This Day in Indians Minor League History – July 8
July 8, 2012 We’ve been talking a lot about the Akron franchise a lot lately, and for good reason as they’ve been a staple of the Cleveland Indians farm system […]
This Day in Indians Minor League History – July 3
July 3, 2005 Jeremy Sowers quick ascent from 2004 draft pick to nearly big league ready was at fever pitch at this point. He started the year in Kinston and […]
15 Tribe prospects impacted by lack of normal minor league season
With the official cancelation of the traditional 2020 minor league season due to the COVID-19 pandemic, there are a lot of things that will be lost. It’s possible a lot […]
This Day in Indians Minor League History – July 1
July 1, 2010 To this point in the season, Matt McBride wasn’t having a great 2010 for the Akron Aeros. But in a 5-0 win over the Bowie Baysox, it […]
Smoke Signals Podcast: Camping season
Justin Lada and Willie Hood look at the roster rules and stipulations for baseball in a pandemic in 2020, how the Indians put together their roster and how they’ll utilize […]
This Day in Indians Minor League History – June 29
June 29, 2018 Columbus Clippers 10, Indianapolis Indians 6 A number of different interesting occurrences happened in this contest between the Indians Triple-A club and the Indians of Triple-A (Pirates […]
Milan Tolentino’s high school coach describes him as a player that checks all the boxes for Cleveland
If the Cleveland Indians were to put out a job posting for draft prospects for position players, their Indeed posting for perfect fit might look something like this: The ideal […]
This Day in Indians Minor League History – June 26
June 26, 2012 Cleveland has generally seen many of the teams in the Carolina League have a lot of success from Kinston to Carolina and now Lynchburg. In 2012, the […]
Petey Halpin’s high school coach sees competitive player excited about being drafted by Cleveland
While he only played five official games at Mira Costa High School, Mustangs coach Keith Ramsey did get to know Petey Halpin, the Indians third-round pick (95th overall), pretty well. […]
This Day in Indians Minor League History – June 22
June 22, 2011 The Columbus Clippers were on an impressive run at the time. This 13-7 victory over the Toledo Mud Hens made them 51-23. The the lineup they had, […]
Prospects to consider for Cleveland’s taxi squad
While it looks like the sport of baseball is doing everything it can to make itself look worse in the public eye, it appears there will be a season, even […]